Ethan's Photo Blog

I Made It, I Sware

Ethan Erickson — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:03:37 +0000

Not a lot happened during the 4th for me, basically went to work and a baseball game. But between the two I made a little lawn art. about a month ago my dad mowed the lawn in the shape of the United States flag in the photo below. I thought that was pretty cool but I wanted to do it again (kind of like, “whatever you can do, I can do better” ). A month later, the 4th of July, I mowed the lawn shown in the second photo. The only problem was, everyone thought that my dad made it. Oh well.

Sisters, Oregon at 12pm. No wait, I meant 12am.

Ethan Erickson — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:02:17 +0000

There was a full moon a few nights ago and I started to wonder what kind of photos I could take at night with it. The first photo was really more of an accident but I happened to choose a pretty good white balance setting and then I left the shutter open for 86 seconds. I looked at the photo and thought, “Dang, I screwed up” but a lot of my friends like the photo. So then I went out and took the second photo last night.

First cycling photos of the year

Ethan Erickson — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:32:53 +0000

The USA cycling U-23 national championships were in Bend this year. Today I went to the criterium race and took a few images. For those that do not what a criterium is, it’s a race around a short city course (usually about a mile or less in length) and the cyclists race for predetermined time or complete a set number of laps. First one across the finish line on the last lap wins. I love these because the racers are so close the crowds. Anyway here are a few of my favorite images from the day.

The eventual winner of the race, Ben King racing for Trek-Livestrong

NCAA Track Championships

Ethan Erickson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:09:04 +0000

I was able to shoot during the 2010 NCAA track championships, this was my first championship event at the collegiate level. Jordan Bishop was Oregon State’s only competitor and seeded 24 out of 24 in the high jump finals, he ended the day tied for 10th place.

PGE Park Hosts Its Final Civil War

Ethan Erickson — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:35:01 +0000

On Wednesday the Oregon State Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks met for the last time this season at Portland’s, PGE Park. I have looked forward to this game since I saw the photos taken during it last year by Craig Mitchelldyer, a Portland photographer I have admired for a while. If the opportunity to shoot in another stadium ever arrives, I usually get really pumped and try to take photos that are a little different from the photos I already have. This game was no exception.

No Photo Pass, No Problem

Ethan Erickson — Sun, 16 May 2010 08:31:03 +0000

Ok, so not a lot of people know this but I am a huge motorsports fan. In fact I am writing this and trying to decide if I will stay up and watch the Monaco Grand Prix live in about 4 hours or catch a replay in a few weeks (its 1am.) Anyway, last night I drove up to Portland International Raceway and (as a spectator and fan) shot the first few stages of the Oregon Trail Rally.

A Day On The Lake

Ethan Erickson — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:03:09 +0000

Last Wednesday the Sports Information office set up a day for me to go shoot the men’s rowing team. They did this because we have not taken very many photos this year, things just have not worked out. Here is why there are so few photos.

My first attempt this year was at our “home” meet in Dexter, Oregon. The photos from the dock were very boring and useless.Then it was all figured out so that I would be in the chase boat for…

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Civil War Baseball

Ethan Erickson — Wed, 12 May 2010 06:51:07 +0000

The #15 Oregon Ducks took on the unranked Oregon State Beavers this past weekend in what would be one of the best series of the year. I honestly thought that Oregon State had no chance of winning based on how they did against Oregon 11 days before, where they lost 9-4 during a non-conference game.

Instead the Beavers took down the Ducks winning all three games and making every one of them a nail-biter.

Spring Football: Post #2 Spring Game!

Ethan Erickson — Sun, 02 May 2010 09:32:30 +0000

All the spring practices have come down to the final game before fall and I have a pretty big post about the whole game. Don’t expect a play-by-play though, just a ton of photos. I ended up with (what I considered to be a lot) of keep-able photos and even after filtering out the ones that I didn’t like all that much I still had a record (my own personal record) number of photos for a blog post. I hope you enjoy!

Oregon State Track

Ethan Erickson — Sun, 02 May 2010 06:08:44 +0000

For the second time in 2 weeks I was ditched and left to drive on my own to some Oregon State sporting events. That doesn’t really bother me, it just gets a little boring driving places on your own. On Friday night I went down to Eugene for the Oregon Relays to shoot OSU.